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NECK BAND POR BOTTLES. No. 392,390.. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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MARCUS M. WILCOX, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHTO JESSE GIFFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

NECK-BAND FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,390, dated November6,1888.

Application filed February l5, 1888. Serial No. 264,153.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS M. WiLcoX, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-Bandsfor Bottles, of which the following is a specitlcation.

My invention consists of a strip of metal adapted to be clamped aroundthe neck of a bottle and having integral projections from its loweredge, under which the wire used to wire down the cork may be passed andthereby securely held; and the object of my invention is to facilitateand cheapen the operation of wiring bottles.

[n the drawings, Figure l is a view of the metallic strip before beingclasped around the neck of a bottle. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.Fig. 3 is a view of the neck of a bottle with my invention applied.

In Fig. l, a represents the metallic strip, cut, as shown in thedrawings, to provideprojections b in its lower edge, and having thetongue d and slot c as means whereby it is clasped around the neck of abottle, as shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 2, a represents the metallic strip,

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and b one of the projections in its lower edge, which is bent outwardand downward, as shown, in order that the wire may be passed underneathit.

In Fig. 3, e represents the neck of a bottle having the metallic strip aclasped around it and the cork h held down by the wires g passing underthe projections b. The metallic strip a is designed to always remainclasped around the neck of the bottle.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a metallic band adapted toclasp the neck of a bottle and provided with projections outstandingfrom its upper edge, under which a wire to hold the cork is passed, andsuch I do not claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The herein-described metal band adapted to be clasped around the neck ofa bottle, said band havingintegral projections from its lower edge,substantially as described and shown.

MARCUS M. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

H. W. MASON, Trios. M. JAMES.

